Slide-Ezzz Sliding Door Repair Kit Black - $ 30.95 The Slide-Ezzz Sliding Door Repair Kit is for sliding glass patio doors that don't slide well due to a worn out sliding door track, sliding glass door wheels, or sliding glass door rollers. By putting a hard, Teflon impregnated, specially formed, slippery plastic on the corners of the sliding door (Corner Brackets) and gluing down a hard, flat, slippery plastic on the door track or threshold (Tracking Strips), the sliding door then slides Teflon on plastic. The Teflon impregnated material used for the "Corner Brackets" was originally designed for very abusive applications, such as chain guides. Therefore, the kit should for thousands of cycle and many years. Plus, you don't even have to remove your existing sliding glass doors to install Slide-Ezzz. Kit includes all the parts, including screws and ahesive, to repair one standard sliding glass patio door up to 8 feet in length. Additional "Tracking Strips" can be ordered for sliding patio doors longer than 8 feet in length.
Teflon impregnated "Corner Brackets" come in black and use the existing roller rail as a guide so the door slides straight. Shown here with shims and screws. "Tracking Strips" or the hard, slippery plastic strips that are glued to the threshold come in either black or white. The "Tracking Strips" are 1/8 inch thick and the "Corner Brackets" are 1/4 inch thick. Therefore you will need 1/2 inch of room (giving 1/8" of "slop margin") between the flat portion of the threshold or sliding door track and the bottom of the sliding door to install this "Sliding Door Repair Kit". Pick up on the sliding door and measure to make sure there is enough room. For lower level beachfront sliding doors, use only one "Tracking Strip" on the inside as the wind blows the sand against the sliding door threshold track and using the "Tracking Strip" on the outside may cause the door to be hard to slide. Product also DOES NOT WORK on doors with a "U" shaped frame as the "Corner Brackets" need a flat surface on which to be adhered.
Calling all used awning windows, bay windows, storm doors, and clerestories back to service. Greenhouse made from recycled windows by Jan and Ed Vitse of New Look Floral (a garden and floral business) in Rochester, MN. This little gem, made from recycled windows was built in 2003. The structure is 12 feet long by 6 1/2 wide, and 10 1/2 feet tall. Donna Reyne of Indiana built Tinker House from from reclaimed doors, windows and millwork from a home renovation. The doors are old pocketdoors on slides, slid open in this photo. Old window greenhouse by Karla and Steve Ritchey of McKinney, Texas. Used Mexican roofing tiles from a mansion in Fort Worth frame the hydrangea and variegated liriope-filled flower bed. Re-purposed windows and doors. Linda J. of McKinney, Texas built this greenhouse using old windows and french doors. It has a chandelier inside and icicle lights that set it off at night. Old window greenhouse, using recycled windows from one neighbor who was replacing all the windows on her house, and a couple of old doors from another neighbor who was getting new ones installed.
Greenhouse from recycled materials by Montana Wildlife Gardener. Old window greenhouse by Lucy and Stephen Marr. Photos by Todd Selby. Kathy of Moss & Twigs in Asheville built this greenhouse from old windows she’d collected over the years. Neighbors donated used windows for this greenhouse. It was built to fit the windows, without plans. It has 3 sliding windows for ventilation. Greenhouse by Jesse Schlesinger at The General Store, San Francisco and Los Angeles. A mom in Northeast Ohio made this greenhouse from old windows. Greenhouse built from 45 old windows from all different places. Some bought most donated. Wanted to keep the shabby chic, vintage look so added Mason jars lights with Edison bulbs inside. The owner/builders Eric and Elizabeth love garden veggies and wanted to be able to do it year round, and threw in flowers for pops of color. No plan, just started building and this is what it became. During construction of the above greenhouse in NC.
Greenhouse turned out to be 10′ x 15′. Interior shelves were built from pallets. Gutters collect rainwater runoff. By Eric and Elizabeth. Glass house Made from recycled windows in Copenhagen’s 40-year-old Freetown Christiania Commune. Considered “architecture without architects” there is a strong political will to tear the houses down—they are illegal, follow no building code, have no permit. Image by Seier + Seier via Flickr. A gardener in Ontario built this 10×16 greenhouse. She used salvaged windows for the glass, and salvaged doors. Half of the floor is an old deck, the other half is discounted paving stone. Reclaimed window garden shed. Old window cold frame. Adina and Walter of Campobello, South Carolina designed and built this cold frame using an old window. Small greenhouse from 3 storm windows exactly the same size. Instead of using her find of 3 old storm windows for a low cold frame, Anne decided to go upward. Old door greenhouse by Tara Dillard.
Just attach old doors to a side of your home. Greenhouse built by Lloyd Kahn with used windows. Says Lloyd: “The rear wall consists of stabilized adobe bricks made with a CinvaRam, a compression tool I learned about in the ’60s from the Whole Earth Catalog. There’s a solar-powered fan for cooling and a small solar-powered trickling fountain inside. Note: using old windows like this requires a lot of time puttying and/or painting.” Lloyd’s latest book is Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter. Recycled window greenhouse by Holly Willgress and Fraser Koroluk of Bella Coola, B.C.. In the process of renovations with a new roof and third floor added onto their lodge, they had a lot of old and leftover building materials. They maintain a “no new stuff” theme to their backyard. Recycled window greenhouse by artist Shannon Rankin and friend. Old window greenhouse by Angela Davis of Washington State. Read more aboout it on her blog Gardening in My Rubber Boots. A clear-awning roof allows lots of light to enter this greenhouse made from lots of different old windows.